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Hide Search OptionsDate added: April 16, 2014; Modified: August 7, 2023
According to Medford, New York’s Mid-Island Mail, a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project in Stony Brook, New York, consisted of the construction of “9,000 lineal feet of sidewalk, 300 lineal feet of curb and gutter, 650 lineal feet of retaining… read more
Date added: January 18, 2014; Modified: August 7, 2023
What is now-Earl L. Vandermeulen High School was improved by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1935 and 1936. According to the Suffolk County News, these improvements included “concrete walks, pavement, and drains on grounds of Port Jefferson High School… read more
Date added: March 6, 2014; Modified: August 7, 2023
A Feb. 1937 news story references a soon-to-be-undertaken WPA project involving the construction of storm sewers “on Maple street and Brook avenue” in Islip, N.Y.
Date added: March 6, 2014; Modified: August 7, 2023
A 1935 story in Sayville’s Suffolk County News references a “curb and gutter project near the Islip Town Hall” being undertaken by WPA laborers.
Date added: March 6, 2014; Modified: August 7, 2023
Sayville’s Suffolk County News reported in late 1935 that the WPA allotted $24,747.79 to the construction of storm sewers in Bay Shore, NY. The sewers were built on: Benjamin St.; North Park Ave.; Garfield Ave.; Center Ave.; John St.; West… read more
Date added: March 4, 2014; Modified: August 7, 2023
Sayville’s Suffolk County News reported in September 1934: “The extension of Union street from Fifth avenue, Bay Shore, to John street, Babylon, will be opened to traffic by October 1st… The extension is 3.14 miles in length and it is… read more
Date added: May 29, 2018; Modified: August 7, 2023
Wyandanch School was constructed as a New Deal Public Works Administration (PWA) project. “In September 1937, the modern one-story, red-brick $120,000 Wyandanch Elementary School opened for classes on Straight Path on 7 and 1/3 acres across the street from the… read more
Date added: March 6, 2014; Modified: August 7, 2023
Five Suffolk County highway beautification projects, directed by the WPA, put approximately 1,000 men to work for seven months beginning April 1936. The projects included “the Broad Hollow road from Huntington to Amityville.”
Date added: July 31, 2016; Modified: August 7, 2023
The federal Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) played a crucial role in the development of Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York. NPS.gov: “By June 1939, the cemetery employed 480 men through WPA projects. A final narrative report of the… read more
Date added: March 6, 2014; Modified: August 7, 2023
Works Progress Administration (WPA) laborers worked to improve Belmont Road in Babylon. The project was completed Aug. 1938.
Date added: March 6, 2014; Modified: August 7, 2023
Sayville’s Suffolk County News reported in 1936 that the WPA had allocated $20,248.50 for “landscaping the Copiague school grounds and laying out a baseball diamond, tennis and badminton courts, at a cost of $20,248.50.” Living New Deal believes the school… read more
Date added: March 6, 2014; Modified: August 7, 2023
Five Suffolk County highway beautification projects, directed by the WPA, put approximately 1,000 men to work for seven months beginning April 1936. The projects included “the Sunrise highway from the Nassau line at Amityville to its terminus at Great River.”
Date added: August 16, 2014; Modified: August 7, 2023
The federal Work Projects Administration worked to improve roads and sidewalks in Lindenhurst, New York during the 1930s. One project, which cost $21,806 (for which the WPA allocated $14,211) was described by the WPA in its project rolls: “Improve North… read more
Date added: December 30, 2020; Modified: July 30, 2023
The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Bath V.A. Hospital in Bath NY. Created as the hospital for Bath V.A., replacing the 1870s facility at what had been the New York State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home. The oldest resident… read more
Date added: February 18, 2023; Modified: July 30, 2023
A new entrance bridge to Bath V.A. Medical Center over the Conhocton (or Cohocton) Rover was built in 1939, replacing an older one which had been posted as unsafe five years earlier. A lengthy detour was required to leave or… read more